More countless hours sanding and filling the strakes. I’m going to be doing the winglet intersection fairings soon. This meant the rudders should be sanded and filled first.

The rudders took 4 separate cures of filler to get them evenly filled. Most of this was sanded off. It took a while with yet more sanding in between. I used a 150mm air powered rotary sanding attachment with mainly 80grit paper. Worked a treat getting it nice and flat.

Getting the rudders back on with the click bond threads is always a fun way to spend an hour on three nuts. I didn’t bother with the full 10!

This is the intersection that I’ll be doing the new fairing in. I now have the rudder thickness with only a coat of paint to go, which would equal a bit of release tape.

You can’t see the many hours here. Just trust me this strake is 80% filled and smooth. I have the area behind that straight edge and some at the sides. A day or two at most. OK maybe three. Oh yeah, I need a better curve at the leading edge so I’ll look at that too. Of course the right stake is not as advanced. Getting there….slowly.

Here’s a good look at my work area in the hangar. Fantastic to be walking around the plane with wings on.

This is nothing to do with my build. On the other side of the hangar from where my plane is, I helped get a huge 4 ton Trojan inside on the weekend. Fun to be in the middle of all the activity.

Its really big!